An adverbial phrase is a linguistic term for a phrase with an adverb as head. The term is used in syntax.

Adverbial phrases can consist of a single adverb or more than one. Extra adverbs are called intensifiers. An adverbial phrase can modify a verb phrase, an adjectival phrase or an entire clause.

Examples of adverbial phrases in English:

• oddly enough
• very nicely
• quickly

See also

• phrase structure rules
• transformational-generative grammar
• structural linguistics
• semantics
• anal-retentiveness

Syntax